KOLKATA: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari was sworn in as Bhawanipur MLA on Wednesday but stressed that he has “not forgotten” Nandigram, the other constituency that sent him to the assembly in the recent elections.Officer who defeated former CM Mamata Banerjee “Nandigram will elect someone else as MLA (in the by-election). I will not let the people there feel the loss in the next five years. I will fulfill all the development promises made to the people of Nandigram along with the rest of the state,” he told reporters at the assembly complex in Bhawanipur.The chief minister, who is a voter from the constituency in East Midnapore district, said, “I have not forgotten Nandigram.”Referring to Firoza Bibi’s tenure as Trinamool Congress MLA from Nandigram from 2009 to 2016, when Adhikari was a prominent leader of that party, he said, “I had provided full support to Firoza Bibi, the mother of a martyr killed in police firing in Nandigram in 2008… I will play a similar role this time too.”Nandigram voters resolved to retain the seat for Suvendu’s candidate.Nandigram: It’s been five decades since a CM has represented the Midnapore constituency, and the people of Nandigram are a little disappointed with CM Suvendu Adhikari choosing Bhawanipur over his old bastion. However, among the people of the constituency, who saw the defeat of then Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at the hands of Adhikari in the 2021 elections, there is full confidence in the son of the soil. He has pledged that he will keep the seat for anyone nominated by the officer to represent Nandigram.Adhikari has been Nandigram MLA since 2016. He was the MP of Tamluk in 2009 and 2014. Nandigram is part of the Tamluk Lok Sabha constituency.Raju Mandal, a resident of Boyal in Nandigram, said, “It would have been good if he represented us. But now he is the face of our state. Whatever decision he takes, we are with him. We will keep Nandigram for Dada.”Local BJP leaders said they were sure that the people of Nandigram would bless the representative sent by the officer. Meghnath Pal, Adhikari’s closest aide in Nandigram, said, “We are already prepared for the upcoming elections. There has been change in the state under the leadership of Suvendu Adhikari. He is now the administrative head of the state, the CM. He has responsibilities. We are not at all concerned that he has chosen Bhawanipur constituency instead of Nandigram for his legislative post. Instead, we feel proud as residents of Nandigram.” Many believe that Pal may get the BJP nomination from Nandigram.The officer had promised to build the Haldia-Nandigram bridge. He also promised to build a modern residential English medium school in Gokulnagar. It was also proposed to set up an ITI at Sonachura. On May 6, during his visit after winning the elections, Adhikari had told Nandigram voters, “I will develop Nandigram hospital in such a way that no referral is needed. In six months, I will connect every house with water, which Mamata (Banerjee) did not allow.”